Every morning, brilliant new stories are written by primary schoolchildren.They are all stored in our library (the stories, not the children). To read the stories and see the pictures, just click on the title or read more to view stories.
We also have stories from our other locations: Cork, Conamara, Galway, Kerry, Mayo, NorthWest, Wicklow, and Wexford
St Marnock’s National School, Portmarnock, 3rd Class, 28 May 2019
Bob the rock was sleeping in some dirt. It was raining. He woke up and turned on the television.
He watched Ireland’s Got Talent and then Father Ted.
When Father Ted was finished, The Rock Pot was on. The Rock Pot was a game show for rocks.
Scoil Athar Maitiú 6th Class, at Crawford Art Gallery, County Cork 27th of May 2019
Mary couldn’t believe what she was hearing; her beloved Uncle John was gone. It was going to be a long voyage. Mary hugged her doll tightly.
‘Oh why is life so hard!’ said Mary thinking about her Uncle.
Her doll, Eliza, had extremely soft, black hair that almost seemed real, and although her frock had once been lovely and new it was now old.
St Mary's NS Carrigaline, 3rd Class at Crawford Art Gallery, County Cork
Aither Astroid was a white fox with blue horns and black wings that lived in a painting in the Crawford Art Gallery. He sneaks out at night sometimes to get food.
Every day when the children come they touch and stroke the painting and he doesn’t like it!
Every time they touch the painting he disappears into another picture.
Scoil Chill Ruadhain Brooklodge N.S. 4th class at Crawford Art Gallery, County Cork
In the dangers of the jungle lived the orang-utan named Darwin and his trusty side-kick Turner the Turtle.
Turner the Turtle was not slow he was super fast. Every year the banana wrangler Peely, came into the jungle to hunt all the animals.
But of all the times he had come, he had only managed to hunt five animals. This year he is coming, but he won’t get anyone because a new superhero has arrived in the jungle.
Scoil Mobhí Glasnaíon, 5th Class, 27th May 2019
Once there was a worm called William. His companion was Passion Fruit the Monkey.
William’s friend Passion Fruit was badly injured in the war so he took him to the forest.
They enjoyed a quiet life in the forest - until a year later, when they saw four glowing beans in the night.
St Francis of Assisi 4th Class National School & CareChoice Residents, Bealtaine Festival, 24 May 2019
It was Rebecca’s 11th birthday. Her party was at her Granny’s house.
Rebecca’s mum had made the chocolate cake, which was Rebecca’s favourite.
Rebecca’s Granny gave her a present. The present was in a small colourful box.
Galway Educate Together National School, Newcastle, Galway City, 5th Class
One day, Baguette Boi and his best friend Spread, the Lump of Butter, were at a cafe.
Spread had to be careful about heat, so they were sitting outside.
This was the fanciest cafe in town. There was a TV in the cafe and on the TV, the news reporter was talking about sightings of Blippys in the city.
Galway Educate Together National School, Newcastle Road, Galway City, 5th Class
Oscar the Oreo lives in the “Reduced To Clear” section in Pesco. His friend Patricia the Pie lives on the shelf opposite him.
They meet up in a bar underneath the shelves. Obese Owen lives underneath the Oreo shelf.
Patricia and Oscar argue about who tastes better. Oskar says, “I’m nicer because I’m a cookie.”
St. Laurence’s NS, Greystones, 4th class, County Wicklow, 23rd May 2019
Once upon a jar, Pickle Peter was standing on another pickle trying to get out of the dreaded jar.
Steve the Olive, his best friend, was too weak to open the jar so Peter started using his shoulder to knock the jar over and break both his and Steve’s jar.
The person in the house was getting dinner ready so had Steve and Peter’s jars out on the counter.
Virgin Mary Girls National School, Ballymun, 6th Class, 23 May 2019
As Harvey the Beagle was walking down the street, he saw an ad for a spice bag.
Harvey saw the spice bag and thought that it looked super delicious. His friend Buster the Pig came along from the farm.
“Hey, Buster, come look at this,” said Harvey. “I really want to know how this spice bag tastes.”
St. Patrick’s NS, Wicklow, 5th class, 22nd May 2019
Hi, I’m Barry and today I saw a blue van and it chased me.
I ran away but I noticed Sammy in the rear window of the van.
Sammy the Sausage has been my best friend since I was born.
O’Connell Primary School, North Richmond Street, Dublin 1, 3rd Class, 22 May 2019
Once in a dog’s life, Pug Man entered a pet shop. Pug Man had a great wish, which was to go on holidays to Pugzarote.
There was a young lady in the pet shop and she was looking for a pet.
She wanted a pug so she could go to Pugzarote too (you don’t need a ticket to go to Pugzarote, but you do need a pug).
St. Laurence’s NS, Greystones, 4th class, County Wicklow, 21st May 2019
“Yo yo yo Im DJ banana” “Pleased to meet you I’m Patrick the Pig. It’s a lovely day here on the farm.
“Come on would that sun just go away” said Patrick the Pig who hates sunlight.
“I wish I was human so that I could put on Factor 50+ and a sun hat”.
Pope John Paul II NS, Malahide, 5th Class, 21st May 2019
There was once a duck named Ducky. Ducky was a very small duck at first.
He wanted to be the biggest duck in the world.
Ducky grew up in a sugar cane field in Papua New Guinea with his best mate Phillipio the Banana Bird.
Presentation Primary School Terenure, 3rd Class, 20 May 2019
Once upon a time, there was a pig called Piggy Doodle who lived in a house.
Piggy Doodle had a sidekick – he was a dog called Cat.
All Piggy Doodle ever wanted was to have a pool full of chocolate but his owners had other ideas.
Feile Londubh Festival, 19 th May 2019
Once upon a time there was a Nike runner called Schue. Schue was having a horrible time.
Every time his owner, Emma, went on a walk he was plunged into mud and poo and somehow his twin Sue always avoided it.
Sue always teased Schue about his owner dropping him to the charity shop and keeping only Sue because Schue was too dirty to wear
Roundwood NS, 3rd Class, County Wicklow, 16th May 2019
Zack was having his breakfast with Finn the Ketchup Bottle. Finn decides to ask him his greatest wish.
“My greatest wish is to be a pink flying unicorn.” Then a talking pickle appears at the house.
Zack points and says “that is my greatest fear”.
St Mary’s National School, Fairview, 4th Class, 16 May 2019
Once upon a cheese, there was a koala called Boo. He had penguin flippers and elf ears.
Boo lived in a bungalow in a forest in Tibequador.
Boo loved to play video games. He lived with his grandmother but he was afraid of her.
Greystones Community School, County Wicklow, 15th May, 2019
One day, Mrs. Candyfloss was walking to Sweet Island.
Mr. Gumball was walking on the other side of the road, he crossed the road to get to the bridge to the Island.
They had just come back from a Carnival.
Educate Together, Whitemill North, 6th Class, County Wexford
One day Humphrey was hungry.
Humphrey really liked stone bacon.
Then Gunther’s mother comes in and gets assassinated by the butcher.
St Killian’s National School, Mullagh, Co. Cavan, 5th Class, 15 May 2019
One day at the Centra in Mullagh, a sausage roll was being made. But this was no ordinary sausage roll.
The new deli worker, Barack Obama, was listening to his favourite DJ music by Drake.
As he was making the sausage roll, his AirPods fell into the mix.
Scoil Cholmcille, 3rd class, County Wicklow, 14th May 2019
Once upon a time there lived a Cat called Bob who had Magical powers.
He was able to talk human and disappear at anytime.
One day he was asleep up an oak tree in Africa. His friend, Billy the Snakey Mouse was visiting him because it was Saturday.
St Patrick’s SNS, Blanchardstown, 4th Class, 14th May 2019
Once upon a time there was a grape with a sword called John. He lived in a Pringle house.
There was a war going on and he was one of the great warriors. John nearly died in the war but Pringle Man saved him.
After he was saved, John thanked Pringle Man and asked him, “Do you want to be friends?”
St Canices BNS, 5th Class, 13th May 2019
Once upon a time in a dark jungle there lived a monkey called John Joe. He lived with his best friend Billy the Hippo in a tree house.
John Joe was a beginner at gymnastics but he trained every day. He would swing through the trees but he always fell on his face.
His greatest wish was to compete in the Olympics. None of the other animals thought he’d make the team.
Ringsend BNS, 3rd & 4th Class, 10th May 2019
Long, long ago, there lived a man called Billy who was always falling into the canal.
One day when he had fallen into the canal, he found a teapot.
There was a little baby water-snake in the teapot. Then he heard the thumping of his boss coming towards him.
Scoil Cholmcille, 3rd class, County Wicklow, 9th May 2019
Once upon a time Lasagne the Unicorn’s Horn nearly fell off.
Orange the Pegasus saved it with her teeth.
Then there was a rip in the sky and out came a flying dragon.
Virgin Mary Girls National School, Ballymun, 5th Class, 9th May 2019
It was the day before Emma’s 15th birthday. Her greatest wish was to meet Ariana Grande.
Emma was in her bedroom when her mother came in. She was sitting on her bed with her dog, Bubbles.
“I have a huge surprise for you in the kitchen,” her mother said.
Balrothery NS, Balbriggan, 3rd Class, 8th May 2019
Skinny Cow woke up from a dream. He was sleeping in the field. He was dreaming about going on a journey with his friends to the moon.
Skinny Cow and Skinny Horse were making an instruction manual of how to build a rocket ship.
“Follow the instructions,” said Skinny Cow.
Jonathan Swift NS, 1st, 2nd & 3rd Class, County Wicklow, 7th May 2019
Once there was a red knight called Mr. Majinky who had slain three dragons.
One fine day, an evil army of crabs tried to conquer Sicily, but Mr. Majinky wished to conquer Sicily himself, so he grabbed his best friend, John the Peasant, to help him overcome his fear of crabs and take over Sicily with him.w
Lindsay Road NS, Glasnevin, 1st & 2nd Class, 7th May 2019
Once upon a time there was a guy made out of pizza called Jimmy.
He was made by a crazy pizza man in a pizzeria.
The person who made him didn’t know that he was alive.
Kilcroan National School, Williamstown, via Castlerea, Co.Galway, 5th & 6th class, 3 May 2019
Tom the toilet wakes up in the bathroom in his house. He lives in the Pesident’s house. It’s a clean and shiny bathroom.
However, when Tom wakes up, he sees that his best friend Pam the plunger isn’t there! He gets up and starts walking around looking for her.
He shouts out Pam’s name in distress. “Pam, where are you!?”
Scoil Chaitriona, Renmore, Galway, 3th – 5th Class, 3 May 2019
Billy the elephant was sitting down drinking water when Cody the robot dog came into the room. “There is a bat in the hall!” he cried.
Billy ran away and nobody saw him for two days. While Billy was gone, lots of rats came into the house.
Cody said,“Im going to eat them all!”
Educate Together, Whitemill North, Wexford, 3rd Class, 3rd May 2019
There was a giraffe named Jeff, whose wish was that his neck was so high he could reach the moon to eat chocolate donuts!
He wished he could get an astronaut helmet, so he wouldn’t die in space.
While looking for one, he finds a genie bottle.
Scoil an Athar Maitiú, 6th Class, County Cork, 02 May 2019
Manchesco Divelo is a talking dog and his biggest dream is to work at a circus.
His best friend’s name is Fat Betty and she is a cat. He lives in the city far from any circus.
He has an owner that is always gone to work and doesn’t really care about him.
St. Patrick’s BNS, 3rd Class, County Wicklow, 2nd May 2019
Creak, creak, creak sounded a front door. Bonk, bonk, bonk sounded the old creepy house at the end of the road.
Cub, the Golden Retriever Puppy always wanted a home.
Cub was about to walk into the house but he heard footsteps behind the door.
St Marnock’s NS, Portmarnock, 3rd class, 2nd May 2019
Hi, I’m Larry. I’m going to tell you something that happened last week.
I was facing my greatest fear – a chef! I was afraid of chefs because sometimes people eat lobsters for their dinner.
I was once walking with my parents and I saw a fish place where someone had a plate with lobster on it.
St Brigid’s Girls National School, Glasnevin, 6th Class, 1 May 2019
Gary the Potato Man and his best friend Jeremiah the Bag of Cheesy Doritos were fighting about the Mushroom Eiffel Tower one day.
Suddenly, Gary realised he was really hungry and wanted to eat Jeremiah.
They were in a building on top of a mushroom.
Kennedy Park National School, Whitemill Rd, Whitemill South, 3rd class, County Wexford
Jeff and Bob were in a fruit bowl trying to get eaten.
‘Hi, my name is Jeff the banana and I want to tell you about my life.’
Bob and Jeff are sitting in the fruit bowl and they are best friends.
Lady of Fatima School, Carrigeen St, Slippery Green, County Wexford
One day there was a boy called Paddy.
He came upon a snow leopard called Pablo in a forest and ever since they became friends.
He said to Pablo ‘I need a girlfriend’.
Caim National School, Enniscorthy, Wexford, 6th Class
It was a bright and cloudy day.
Bobby McBoberson ran away as soon as he saw a cloud.
He saw a lizard running on the grass. He ran after the lizard. It looked injured.
